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Record-Breaking Astronaut Returns

9/27/2023 · 1:57:23 PM EDT
Record-breaking NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio is back on terra firma. Would he have gone to space for 371 days knowing he would miss important family milestones? And what does that much time in zero gravity do to the human body? Our story for Scripps News.
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9/27/2023 · 12:28:03 PM EDT
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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns to Earth after record-setting 371 days in space

9/27/2023 · 11:01:28 AM EDT
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returned to Earth Wednesday after a record-setting 371 days in space.
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Frank Photo

9/27/2023 · 8:46:25 AM EDT
@nasa releases photo of Frank Rubio exiting the Soyuz spacecraft that brought him home.
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Frank's back on Earth!

9/27/2023 · 8:28:29 AM EDT
His return spacecraft sprung a leak. A 6-month stay in space became more than a year. Frank Rubio is back on Earth. He broke a record... but he says he missed a lot while he was serving on
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"We stuck the landing"

9/24/2023 · 5:53:26 PM EDT
Scientists are ecstatic about the landing of OSIRIS REx in Utah desert carrying samples from an asteroid. In an ongoing news conference @NASA says the small capsule has been purged with nitrogen and prepped for a flight to Houston.
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NASA brings home pristine Bennu asteroid sample that could help answer how life formed on Earth

9/24/2023 · 11:03:19 AM EDT Last edited 9/24/2023, 5:01 PM
A seven-year, 3.9-billion-mile journey ended Sunday when NASA landed a time capsule in the Utah desert.
This capsule contained rocks and dust snatched from asteroid Bennu, a floating pile of rubble formed by remnants of the early solar system. Scientists believe the OSIRIS-REx mission collected half a pound of material, which makes it the largest asteroid sample ever brought back to Earth and the first through a U.S. mission.
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Deorbiting the International Space Station in 2030

9/21/2023 · 9:58:50 AM EDT
NASA is looking for a spacecraft that will crash the International Space Station into the Pacific Ocean when it retires, which is currently scheduled for 2030.
Here's an interesting tidbit ... the ISS partners had considered using Russia's Progress spacecraft, but they have now decided "a new spacecraft solution would provide more robust capabilities for responsible deorbit."
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NASA releases stunning new image of the moon's South Pole, where it will send rovers and astronauts

9/20/2023 · 12:06:48 PM EDT
NASA released a stunning new image from the moon's South Pole, an area the agency plans to explore with robotic and human explorers.
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More »Life on Mars: How NASA study participants are doing 9 weeks into their yearlong mission

9/20/2023 · 10:38:52 AM EDT
Kelly Haston discussed life on "Mars" nine weeks into a yearlong mission where Haston and three others are pretending to be on the Red Planet.
"It is comfortable and spacious, and I do not yet miss being outside," Haston said.
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